Railway-road-bed construction.



A. F. STOCKWELL.

RAILWAY noAD BED CONSRUCTIoN.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-2. ISI?.

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vision of To @il whom may concern:

Be it known. 'iie L ,iiisfriN F. Sir-eci? WELL, a. citizen (if the United Seite-ie, reeifiiiig ai; ifirriiiigeii Sie., in xhe ceu-my erf i an ersicie Stake of Cfiiieriiiri, have invented eeriein new ueeiui mprevemeiiie in Reiiweg -Eead-Bed Coiistruetins; and i (i0 hereby decime the feiiewinlgr te he e ifiiii,

deer., andere@ descripiien of @he invention,

such as wiii enable oit-hers ekiied in, the mst ie wi 'eh i, zippertaius to ineke :md use 'the Seme.,

This iiiveni'ieii reizies to railway reed bed eleiieiruetieii, and has fer ite ebjeet the pre-i- `leien ef zi. road, bed that will take the piiiee of the erdiiiairy 'Woeiien ties new in. use, the Seid read. bed being ferm-4i ei metallic eeeieiis' "she-t een be asseiiiiied inte reed bed. i'eriiieio-1iy pr venien en@ expeditious meneer.

Another object of the invention is ehe proe. read bed of this nature that will be 0i simple and. durable ceristrueioii, cheap to mammie@ture7 will be eiiieieiit in opera'- iion, and has associated 'l-herewith novel types of rail fastening eiemeiits which wiil eiiiectiveiy'eiemp the .rails ef wtraek against spreading;

@ther objects will appear mid be better underetoed fromV diei'. embediiiient el" my iiiventieii ei whirh die following is :i specilieziioii, reference being' had te the aecompaiiying drawing forming i part thereof, in which:

Iiigure l is zi plan riew ef the ii'ieeiiieg ende of fwo of the Sections; of the reed bed,

.F :i der-iii sirio View of elle of the eeetieiis, 0 e

3 is e transverse eeetieii en lthe iine SW3 of Fig., l

Figa ie a, fierepeeire View of one of the rziii-Seeuriiig )ieri/es deiaeiie :i'rei'ii operative position,

lig. 5 ie :i top pian View 0i the type of plate eiiipleyeii fer eeeii rziii of a curved freek, the curvature of the Piate being shown greatly exaggerated.

eferririg te the drawiiigin flete-ii., Whereiii the meeting ends ci' two oit' the sections ehe riuniti. ifzire ei'ieii'n., eeeiVBeei/ien ceriv ei? e rncriinggsiier si wel heee i, lormei.

fipeeeeoii ei Letters Patent,

removed A.ihereiroiii, in a. een- A@ieee reie'tioii- The pietes :21 when iii` operative positien gire. arranged. iii spaced, reizitieii, es shown more pmtieuieriy in Si are e piureiiy rectangular shaped. meteiiieyietes 2, wiii ii riniiigeii i "vf'ieed parziiieiiem alici have 'their eepeeile eriiii-- mais beni; (iewiiwardiy leV prende Heiliges: which engage the appesi@ ieiigitiiiiim of the bese l. ifi. pair of coregjrii'i'ieii mii. sections ii reei' ligen the upper eiies ef the pleite@ 2, and. erich plete is previiieei.j :1djeeent ie opposite emis, Widi uperuek pertiene which bent inte enguiair formation to provide rafii damping; eieii'ieni'rs 5 which engage over he o uter iOiQiUidiiiui edges of iiie 'heee Iiengefi ei lie ruil sections fi, as Shown vmore pariicuiziriy iii 3 ei Ehe (l raining'. Demciiabie rail-eh; erging el eine/ms 6 are ieeiited immrdiy of the reii soutiens ii and euch eeiisiee of nii elongated piete i5 which' resi'ss upon iie upper eide of the adj 1^ eeiri: plete 52'-, and has s @Hier end, bent to provide zi i'ziiLeiigegiiig riiiiige,` es :shown in Fig. 3, and which ifiziixf-je eiicgeges over the :uijaeeiii inner ieiiggitudinzii ef' die :1djzicent re ii ei. The opposite is bent dewiiwardiy, as shown :it i, am?. extended iireugh am opening iii the piee und terminally engaged iii e reeess iii the base la ne shewn iii ef he drawing. iislstening eien'ients 9 extend tl'irougii openiiigS in time plaire G and igiirmigh epe .rijn l in the pizie 2 :uid en iii e'ieiiing metallic buse l, se :L te prevent accidentel. upward merenieii of the Pinte (i when. in. eijieriitire pesiiriori.

The cmiipeiieiil; parte forming eil-eh individual secien of the mail bed are so eonstrueted #gime they een be conveniently e@ sembiei inte neit ii'iriiieieii, irirer which the eeiiipieted uiii er seeeioii iieeed iii. opere-- ire pesiieii mid iiiiei up Wiifii. adjacent imi 'e er eee-tiens Se as eeiiipiete die reed beni. f

Iii Fig., 5. there 'is shown 'die type ef piet@ adapted to be employed for erich rai (if e curved track, ti'ieaiic'l. plete being shown'iii `the Shape of 'e 'seater9 se es te ecimit ef e plurality of euch plates being; arranged in of the ii ered epeiifsieii @if the end @if illie pleite arrangement of the several parts witliout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, is:

1. In railway road bed construction, a plurality of detachable sections, each section consisting of a base, a pluralityof spaced plates mounted onthe upper side of the base, anges formed on the plates and engaging the opposite side edges of the base, and rail fastening elements carried by the plates.

2. In railway road bed construction, a plurality of sections, each section consisting of a base, a 'plurality of spaced plates extending transversely across the upper side .of the base, each of the plates being provided adjacent its opposite ends with upstruck portions formed to provide rail- Las-snee clamping elements adapted to engage the outer longitudinal edges of the companion rails of atrack, and rail-engaging elements detachably associated with the plates for engaging the inner sides of the base flanges of the rails of a track.

'3. ln railway road bed construction, a pluralityo detachable sections, each section l consisting of a base, a plurality of spaced 

